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Both Canon Tristram and Mr. Blanford found the nest of this species. The former writes 

 (I. c.) that " the nest was usually placed in a bush of Vitex agnus-castus, or Linden tree, never 

 more than a yard or two from the ground, neat and conspicuous. Its eggs most resemble those 

 of II. polyylotta in ground-colour, but are twice the size ;" and Mr. Blanford says that he " took 

 the nest, which contained three well-incubated eggs. The nest was in a small bush in a plain 

 on which shrubs and low bushes were rather thinly sprinkled over the ground. At the foot 

 of the same bush was a nest of Saaicola deserti. The Hypolais nest consisted of a very neat 

 cup of grass mixed with spiders' webs and the down of some plants. The eggs were pinkish 

 white with small scattered spots and irregular streaks of chocolate-brown, and measure - 76 by 

 0-53 inch." 



I possess two eggs of the present species, collected by Canon Tristram in Palestine, which 

 closely resemble those of H. olivetorwm both in colour and markings, but are smaller in size, 

 measuring only f-§ by f^ inch. 



The specimen figured is one kindly lent to me by Mr. Blanford, as I do not possess this 

 species in my collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mm. II. B. Tristram. 

 a, 2. Palestine, June 3rd, 1864 (//. B. T.). 



E Mus. Ind. CaJc. 



a, tf . Magas, Baluchistan, March 28th. b, 3 . Nurmanshir, S.E. Persia, April 15th. c, d, <$ . Nurmanshir, 

 April 18th and 19th. e, ? . West of Bam, April 23rd. /, $ . Parpa, 130 miles E. of Shiraz, May 31st. 

 g, h,<3,i,$. E. of Shiraz, June 3rd and 5th (W. T. Blanford). 



